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the monument to the men of the
Ill-fated battleship Maine. The
friendliness of the United Statos
toward Cuba was demonstrated
by the Invitation asking our offi
cer* and troops to actively partic
ipate In the ceremonies.
The courtesies which have been
ehowered upon the men who went
to New York to represent the Re-
Beats ASS How “GETS-SI”
Gels Corns 1
The
Com Owe,
No Pain, Sure and Qtffcxk.
Continued Prom Pefl® 1.
a young officer engaged in deep-sea
exploration for the Government. He
eald, in part:
It Hob on white bottom, in
clear water, and cold nearly to
the freezing point. At or near
that place I also found the bot
tom profusely covered with Pen-
tacrlnus asteria, the beautiful
long stemmed ‘sea lilies’ of varied
hue© and extreme delicacy of
shape.
The Maine at the time of her
destruction was under my com
mand. I knew her people in life.
1 saw many of them when they
were dead.
Influences aroused by the
Maine will remain with me till I
die.
Admiral Thank® Hearit.
I break my usual reserve and
refer here, voluntarily, to my con
nection of fact and sentiment with
the Maine in order that I may
venture to attach to myself for
this moment a sufficiently repre
sentative character regarding the
Maine and her dead to offer my
heartfelt appreciation and my
sincere congratulations to Mr.
William Randolph Hearst, to Gen-
• eral James Grant Wilson, and his
committee, to the subscribers to
the fund, to the sculptor and
architect, and to all others whose
patriotic efforts have contributed
to the erection of this noble and
beautiful monument which wo
know accords with the hallowed
sentiment of a whole people.
Governor Sulzer also paid a tribute
to Mr. Hearst. He said.
Fellow citizens: That monu
ment at the entrance of one of
the grandest parks in the world
will for years embellish our great
city of New York. For decades
it will teach the country the pa
triotic duty of American citizens.
It will be a lesson to the people
of our land that no man who dies
in the service of his country ever
dies in vain.
Sulzer Laud® Committee,
Ail honor to the men whose
foresight and whose patriotism
have made that monument possi
ble. All honor to William Ran
dolph Hearst, to the member® of
the committee, to the patriotic
citizens who contributed to rear
that monument.
That monument will be an In
spiration to generations yet un
born, because it typifies a great
Idea, because It stands for a great
inspiration.
Rear Admiral Badger, in command
of the visiting fleet of warships, said:
The ceremony was one of the
most remarkable I have witnessed
in all the years I have been in the
Navy. Particularly impressive
was the unveiling, conducted by
the young son of Mr. Hearst.
The arrangements in every de
tail were perfect. In all it was
one of the most successful affairs
of the kind I have ever seen, and
there was nothing that was left
undone. It was certainly a won
derful day; one that will long be
remembered by the American
people, and particularly by those
who took part in the ceremony.
Maine Governor Joins Praise.
Joining with Governor Sulzer and
Mr. Simmons. Governor W. T. Haines,
of Maine, thus gave his views of the
dedication:
Magnificent would perhaps be a
proper term to apply to the whole
celebration. The monument sur
prised me, for 1 had no idea of its
grandeur until I saw it.
Mr. Hearst and the Hearst
newspapers and his associates on
the committee who promoted the
monument deserve the praise of
the entire nation for such a splen
did tribute to those who gave up
their live* in the service of their
country.
The day for the dedication waa
perfect, and America can well be
proud of the sailors and marine*
who marched in perfect all grim enl
peat the stand. I am glad that
the battleship had been named the
Maine, for it gave me the oppor
tunity to witness the scene on the
day this city paid tribute to its
dead. I never wish to see a more
lnepiTing sight.
Ceremonies Magnificent.
Captain Oscar Fernandez Quevedo,
Commander of the Cuban cruiser
Cuba, sent her© for the occasion, ex
pressed his sentiments thus:
The monument, the ceremonies,
the parade and all that had to do
with the unveiling was magnifl-
ent, and none who had any part in
it can ever forget it.
To Mr. Hearst and his papers
the Cubans can only express their
thanks for raising the funds that
make this day’s events possible.
I am honored in being the one to
express this thanks.
Congressman Filipo Tazos, one of
the Cuban envoys to the unveiling,
6aid:
I would 11k© to express my grat
itude hot only to the Secretary of
the Navy, but to all the American
people, for the way in which we
have been received. Especially do
we extend our thanks to Mr.
Hearst for making this day pos
sible.
Cuban People Proud.
Nor were the feelings of gratitude
and pride over the completed memo
rial confined to Americans alone. The
new President of Cuba sent the fol
lowing message:
Havana, Cuba, May 30,—Presi
dent Mario G. Menocal requests
me to eay in reply to your cable
that the Cuban people are feeling
ly proud of the part they* have
been permitted to take in the cer
emony of dedicating and unveiling
public of Cuba on thia sol ©ran oc
casion can but cement the friend
ly relations which to-day exist
between the two nations.
COSMO DE LA TORRIHTNTK,
Secretary of State.
Maine Monument Fund
Raised By Public With
Aid of Hearst Papers
NEW YORK, May 31.—The fund
with which the National Maine mon
ument was built was raised by Wil
liam Randolph Hearst’s newspapers.
The idea of the monument to be built
through small contributions, nation
wide in their scope, was his. and to
carry out this idea his personal con
tributions toward the monument itself,
outside of numerous other expenses,
will total $21,000.
The original sum raised was $104,-
000.
Prominent Men Who Subscribed.
Among the then prominent persons
who contributed toward that sum
were:
W R. Hearst $21,000
ol. Jacob Ruppert. Jr 1,000
eorge J. Gould BOO
liver H. P. Belmont 500
Ichard Croker 100
General Howard Carroll. .. 100
-John J. Scanned- 100
John H. Gunner 100
John R. McLean 100
Theodore B. Starr 200
Loul® Stern 100
Andrew Friedman . 100
John McQuade 100
Washington E. Connor 100
In the main the contributions were
small sums that came from every part
of thp United States, and considerable
of the money was realised by giving
ubllo entertainments. In addition to
is personal check, Mr. Hearst con
tributed toward the original fund
about $16,000, which is not conMd-
ered as a part of the fund, because it
covers the cost of executive manage
ment in connection with the raising
of the fund and handling of It during
a number of years. This is, of course,
in addition to his direct contributions
of $21,000 toward the actual cost of
the monument.
Sum Raised to $143,000.
The fund has always been banked
in the name of the National Maine
Monument Committee, and trust fund
interest has been accumulating until
the original fund has expanded to
$148,000. This amount would have
been sufficient to carry' out the build
ing of the monument as originally
planned. However, when the present
site was settled upon, the municipal
art commission requested that the
beautiful entrance gates be added,
and this additional burden was cheer
fully assumed.
In addition to this $80,000 there
were a number of other incidentals
that came up and had to be met, and
with the cost of the impressive dedi
cation to be met it was found that
the actual cost of the monument
would be about $183,000, the dedica
tion included.
Offer® Dollar for Dollar.
Mr. Hearst, w'ho had started the
fund and used his newspapers to
raise tho original fund, then an
nounced that he wrould be glad to
make a public offer to give a dollar
for every dollar that the Maine mon
ument committee could raise in every
other way. He also offered and gave j
* the use of his newspapers, and small
contrttmttone ,have again come from'
all parts of the country.
Toward the fund the United Span
ish War Veterans have contributed to
date $1,710.
W. R. Hearts personal contribu
tions to date to offset above contribu
tions, to be increased as other sums
come in, $15,949.83. making a total of
$31,899.66. •
The above-mentioned contribution
of $1,710 from the United Spanish War
Veterans comes in small contribu
tions from all parts of the United
States, Cuba and the Honolulu Is
lands. It is from the veterans them
selves, and camps throughout the
country are still engaged in the work
of raising funds.
It is understood that allied with the
United Spanish War Veterans in Chi
cago the sum of more than $2,000 has
been raised, but this has not yet been
turned over to the New York commit
tee. Just what the total amount will
be oftn not at present be estimated.
The city of New' York is to pay the
coi-'t of the foundation, which amounts
to $7,000.
The Republic of Cuba contributed
$5,000.
Among the other contributors are:
George EHret $1,000
J. R. % 200
William Rhinelander Stew
art 100
H. P 100
Francis Lyncfe Stetson .... 100
Richard C. Veit 50
H. R. L ... 50
•J. P. K 25
Allison V. Armour 25
Henry R. Towne 25
Robert W. DeForest 25
O. J. Gude 10
Frank V. Strauss •w—.. 10
A. Oberstein ... ... ... 10
A. W. Whitcher ... 2
New York State Society
Daughters of the Revolu
tion 50
General Society Daughters
of the Revolution 100
Charles D. Stickney 100
E. H. Tomlinson ... 5
D. Francis O’Leary
Miss lima Holske ... 1
Regimental Headquarter®,
Seventh Regiment, Cali
fornia National Guard. ... 5
Company D, Seventh Regi
ment. C. N. G 15
Company G, Seventh Regi
ment, C. N. G. 5
Company H, Seventh Regi
ment, C. N. G 6
Solomon Robitzcbek, Low
ell, Mass 1
Through Boston American. . 91.33
Governor Eugene N. Foss . . 100
W. F. Kinder 25
Unknown 10
Mary E. Bond, Auxiliary No.
4, Minneapolis, Minn 1
Moses Samson,^oston .... 1
SEABORN WRIGHT CARRIES
WAR ON LIQUOR TO MACON
ROME, GA-, May SI.—Having
closed up one locker club In Rome
this week, Seaborn Wright, the fa
mous prohibitionist, will go to Macon
to-morrow and shell the woods there.
He will speak in the afternoon at the
city auditorium under the auspices of
the Law and Enforcement League.
McKee Welcomes
Postoffice Inquiry
Reports of Congestion and Ineffi
ciency In Atlanta Station
Vigorously Denied.
Postmaster Hugh McKee Saturday
contradicted reports of congestion
and inefficiency in the local office. The
reports emanated in dispatches from
Washington, which said that the At
lanta postoffice was to be investigated
with a view of determining the cause
of alleged delays in handling the
malls.
"If there is any inefficiency or con
gestion in the Atlanta office I am un
aware of the fact,” said Mr. McKee.
"We are getting the mail out in ex
cellent shape and the deliveries never
have been more prompt I have no
apprehension as to the result of an
investigation.”
The superintendent of the railway
mail service also was seen in regard
to the accusations that congestion in
this department was responsible for
the alleged delay in the mails. De
nial also was made in this branch of
the service. . .
Oil Mill Men to
Meet in Atlanta
Joint Convention of Superintendents
and Machinery Experts Opens
at Armory June 4.
The joint convention of oil mill
superintendents and machinery men
■will be held in Atlanta at the Audi
torium-Armory June 4 to 6.
Indications point to an attendance
more than double that of any pre
vious year.
The convention was held in Macon
two years ago with an attendance of
SO superintendents and twelve ma
chinery men. Last year in Atlanta
there were 160 superintendents and 44
machinery men.
An instructive educational program
has been arranged. The machinery
exhibits this year will be the largest
of any convention.
On the last afternoon of the conven
tion an old-fashioned barbecue will be
served at the plant of the Atlanta
Manufacturing and Supply Company
at Bast Point.
WELTNER TO SPEAK ON
CRIME TO SUFFRAGISTS
Philip Weltner will speak at a
meeting of the Atlanta Equal Suf
frage Association on Wednesday at 3
o'clock in Carnegie Library. His sub
ject will be "Crime and Its Cure.”
Scots of City to Make Merry-and
Arrange Annual Outing at
Meeting This Week.
How 1 Dfd SuTTer From Corn, for
Years!
GETS-fT’ Got Them All In a Few
Days!”
[is a "goner." You apply "GETS-IT”
in 2 seconds, that's all. "GETS-IT"
does the rest. There’s no more fuss
ing, no more bandages to fix, no more
salve, to turn the flesh red and raw
No more plasters to get misplaced
'and press on the corn. No more
"pulling," no more pain. no more
picking and gouging, np more razors
"GETS-IT* r stops pain, shrivels up
the corn, and the corn vanishes.
"GETS-IT” never fails, is harmless to
healthy flesh. Warts, callouses and
bunions disappear.
’GETS-IT is sold at drug store, at
Co., Elkin Drug Co., Coursey & Munn.
Gunter-Watkins Drug Co.. E H.
Cone, Inc., Upton & Co.
called by W. A. Somerville, secretary
of the Atlanta Scottish Association,
for June 6 at 8 o’clock In the evening,
to formulate plans for the annual out
ing of the association.
The "galtherin* ” will be hoiet tn the
K. of P. Hall, in the Kiser Building.
Hunter and Pryor Streets, and all
who “claim Auld Scotia as Ha me" are
urged to attend and have a voice in
the completion of the arrangements.
“Pibrooh ts SooncUn*.”
Secretary Somerville and Chief
Oulckshank have sent oat to the
members of the association the fal
lowing characteristic Scotch postal
card: •
“The pibroch is eoondtn* o*er Geor
gia's hills and dales, and the Bools
galther the first Friday o' Ilka month
In the K. of P. Hall, Kiaer Building,
Hunter and Sooth Pryor Streets.
"Dlnna forget to meet wi’ us at
aucht o’clock at ntcht on the saectti
day o' June.
“Sootch sangs. Scotch stories and
;Sootch freends will mak* ye glad ye
cam'."
Big Ptenio Planned.
The annual plonlo of the Atlanta
'Scotchmen Is recognized as ona of
the most picturesque and Interesting
of the summer outings, and the out
look this year Is good for the largest
gathering of Scots that has ever as
sembled in Atlanta. The anxaig*-
ments oommittee of the local Berts
has received word from prominent
Scotchmen of Georgia, Florida and
the Carolina* that they will attend the
picnic. There will be speaking by
Scotch orators, Sootch muslo and
Scotoh stories, and the day will oorae
to a grand close with athletic oontwts
peculiarly Scotch.
ADMIRAL SIGSBEE PRAISES
BUILDERS OF MONUMENT
I break my usual reserve and refer here, voluntarily, to
my connection of fact and sentiment with the Maine in order
that I may venture to attach to myself for this momeut a suf
ficiently representative character regarding the Maine and her
dead to offer my heartiest appreciation and my sincere con
gratulations to Mr. William Randolph Hearst, to General
James Grant Wilson and his committee, to the subscribers to
the fund, to the sculptor and architect, and to all others
whose patriotic efforts have contributed to the erection of this
noble and beautiful monument which we know accords with
the hallowed sentiment of a whole people.—ADMIRAL
SIGSBEE.
Scott’s Bitter Disappointment-—He Arrives at the
Pole Only To Find Capt. Amundsen’s Tent and Flag
r I'HE upper photograph shows Captain Scott peering into the tent erected by Captain Amundsen at the South Pole. The tent
1 is in excellent condition, and one which would furnish adequate protection against Antarctic weather. Standing about it,
from left to right, are Captain Oates, Petty Officer Evans, Captain Scott and Dr. Wilson. This is a most remarkable pohtograph,
showing, as it does, the arrival of the Scott party at the South Pole, and at the same time the evidence of the triumph of Captain
Amundsen. Flying above the tent is to he seen the Norwegian flag which Amundsen left flying as evidence of his victory.
In the lower photograph C aptain Scott and his companions are shown starting their final dash over the ice and snow to
the South Pole. Hauling the heavy sledges themselves, they covered the distance of more than 550 miles on skis. Some idea of the
difficulties of their travel may be obtained by a glance at the weighted sledges shown in the picture.
The Maine and Her Crew
By JAMES J. MONTAGUE.
T
\HE sea gull wheels above her grave,
The moon sails by at night,
And trails along from wave to wav©
A wake of silver light.
And vessels come and vessels go
Above that billowing plain,
Nor dream that half a league below
There lies the brave old Maine.
T HE climbing coral wreathes her round;
The star dust, through the deeps
Sifts down to raise the funeral mound
Where quietly she sleeps.
And when the skies shine blue o’erhead
On waves of deeper blue,
The sea blooms blossom round her bed
With many a tender hue.
A N unmarked grave; but still her name
The w'orld shall echo through,
As shall the glory and the fame
Of her devoted crew.
To them and her it was not giv^i
To hear her batteries roar, *
To see the smoke with lightning riven.
To know the thrill of war.
YET while the trades with scented, breath
Shall stir the crested deep,
The story of that night of death
Shall make the pulses leap.
And blessed will the hero be
If in his death he shares—
On field or deck, by land or sea—
Such glory as was theirs.
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